Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale has tipped Swindon Town for promotion straight back to League One.

Swindon were relegated to the fourth tier at the end of last season, and have since appointed former Bury manager David Flitcroft as their new boss, and Tisdale thinks the Wiltshire side have a strong chance of making the top seven at least.

“They’ll surely be a contender for promotion,” Tisdale said. “They’ve had this ability to get promoted out of League Two numerous times now.

“They’ve got manager who’s previously found promotion with Bury, brought some good players in, but they’ve had a change in personnel and squad as well.

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“I’d be surprised if they’re not challenging in the top third of the table come the New Year, but at the moment there’s a period where their team settles in.

“We’ll find out Saturday when we play them, as always, we need to be aware that good players can put in good performances and they can hurt the opposition, so let’s not be on the wrong end of this week I hope.”

The Grecians hit the road in the league for the first time this season, and will be hoping to replicate last year’s stunning away record, which saw them win 13 times away from St James Park, and Tisdale is hoping for a similar record this year.

He said: “I think over that last three or four years we’ve had a good away record, and that’s been largely down to the type of players we’ve had, certain players suit different scenarios, and we’d like to keep it going.

“There has been some constant change in personnel, and that will affect how we play and what we’re capable of.

“In a perfect world we’d like to keep that away form and improve our home form.”